Barack Obama sought and succeeded last week to block a vote in the House of Representatives addressing the issue of responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria. See Josh Rogin, “White House…

For over four years, President Barack Obama has been pursuing a policy of “working through the Russians” in Syria. One might ask, “How has it all worked out?” Obama’s policy of working through the Russians…

President Barack Obama and the United States have decided to “work through the Russians” on Syria. The results of that strategy can now be viewed with crystal clarity as a strengthened Bashar al-Assad and Russian…

Russia seems to be complying with part of the sketchy “Cessation of Hostilities agreement in Munich on February 12, 2016, by allowing humanitarian aid convoys to enter areas that have been surrounded and cut off…

Developing Today Viktor Yanukovych sent police or other special forces to the Maidan to deliberately fire at protesters with the pemeditated intent to kill them. Sooner or later he must personally answer for the commission…

183 dead in Syria on January 14
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Meanwhile, Western intelligence agencies have met with Syrian officials regarding jihadist threats.
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The civilized nations of the world cannot simply resume intelligence cooperation with al-Assad, without surrendering the last shred to any claim to moral authority which their countries may still have.
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If we act as if we do not live in a moral universe where human actions have meaning and moral significance, as Barack Obama and other leaders who have followed or acquiesced in his vision of the world have done in Syria, we will create a self-fulfilling prophecy hurtling us all into a moral abyss. The consequencs will be felt in every country, throughout the world. They are already being felt today.

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